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Re: Writing down what I do in Obsidian

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Post by setr »

Abishek_Muthian wrote: post #12

Since this post will attract Obisidan veterans, I asking for some validation of two potential need-gaps in Obisidian I'm tracking for a while - 1. Live recommendation for Obsidian[1] Say I'm typing a note and write a sentence about echo location then I get recommended a previous note with a comment from a HN user about how moths escape bats by deafening it in a side panel. It's not a keyword based recommendation, But…

Regarding point 1, are.na effectively does this for bookmarking, by showing you the categories that others have stored the same bookmark to (so really showing you what they thought was related, according to whatever relationship they were interested in) which I think is a much more reliable/same way to approach the problem — its much more precise, as the other user was literally on the same page as you at some point, rather than whatever tangential topical relationship identified by keyword matching. And it’s more broad, as the relationships you can find are not simply the literal topic itself (e.g. hexing the technical interview might be stored by one user alongside programming taos, and by another with closure hackery, and another with programmers-as-wizards).

Re: Writing down what I do in Obsidian

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Post by mnw21cam »

dwils098 wrote: post #90
mnw21cam wrote: post #80

And there I was all excited, expecting long-term preservation of writing by 3D-printing molten rock. I'm a strong believer that names of software packages should be chosen to be something that doesn't yet return any results from a Google search.

Tell that to Microsoft, ehm… Windows.

At least then you can google for "Microsoft Windows" and get specific results, but yes it is annoying that it pollutes all the search results when you are looking for sheets of glass.

Re: Writing down what I do in Obsidian

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Post by TeMPOraL »

Aeolun wrote: post #97
TeMPOraL wrote: post #93

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Encryption: data isn't encrypted at rest. The author seems to be quite dismissive of the idea: https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/issues/289 Skimming the thread, the author does have a good point: this is something that should be handled on the OS level, ideally in a transparent way on top of the filesystem. It makes no sense for every app to be handling securing documents on their own. Perhaps we'll get there one…

The OS does do this when you have FDE enabled right?

Yes, but - as comments bring up - that's an orthogonal issue. The thing here is that the owner of the machine in many cases isn't the same as the owner of the documents - think notes on a family-shared PC, or NGO-provided laptop, etc. Relatedly, there are degrees to protection - the person you want to protect your notes from may be the person you're otherwise willing to grant access to rest of the computer, etc.

What I think should be built into the OS is the ability to secure[0] specific files, or groups of files, on top of FDE. Think, "right click -> Password Protect" to set up, and then when an application tries to access the file, you're prompted for a password. Or, you mount the secured folder as a drive, TrueCrypt-style. I.e. document-level protection controlled by user.

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[0] - I originally wrote "encrypt", but perhaps OS preventing access is enough in this context if FDE is also enabled.

Re: Writing down what I do in Obsidian

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Post by codethief »

happy2code wrote: post #103

I’m using `vimwiki` for years and love it. I also tried Obsidian but I need it also mobile and I cannot define a storage path for my files. I just like the freedom, minimalism and flexibility of vimwiki.

> I cannot define a storage path for my files

I agree that this is very annoying but couldn't you still configure e.g. Syncthing (or FolderSync) to sync things correctly?

Re: Writing down what I do in Obsidian

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Post by pwillia7 »

raesene9 wrote: post #86
deliriumchn wrote: post #67

I honestly tried to love obsidian because of how easy it is to set up and how user friendly the UI is (plus there are tutorials and tons of articles), but I just can't get over it being offline and only means to sync are looking for a plugin that will use git/dropbox etc plus there are no mobile app anyways. Right now I found that notion is perfect for me. It does not have a mind mapping functionality but its very go…

FWIW I use Obsidian, and just a private GitHub account and git for syncing, it works well no costs, I just need to remember to use git :)

webhook?

Re: Writing down what I do in Obsidian

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Post by gala8y »

mundietalk wrote: post #53

I just installed Obsidian. Tried it. The vibe of the contents that I put into Obsidian has a funny 'Obsidious' tone. I think a neutral vibe is what is required for a generic content editing software. Uninstalled.

> The vibe of the contents that I put into Obsidian has a funny 'Obsidious' tone.

What do you mean? In my opinion UI is absolutely minimal. Not a single place with any kind of branding left - no logo, no 'Obsidian' text repeated all over. Ok, there is 'Choose Obsidian's default color scheme' in settings (totally warranted). Clean as it can be. It is actually unique in that matter of retracting logo/name from any view. There is branding on vault opener/switcher, which is tasteful and just in place - it's good to know what piece of software you're using, after all.

Re: Writing down what I do in Obsidian

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Post by flakeoil »

_ewbb wrote: post #64

My note taking system is a single "donelist.txt" that sits in a GDrive/onedrive/xdrive on my machine. Entries are: 9.11.22 scrum working on stry1234 meeting X - do a thing lunch created PR for stry1234 meeting Y 8.11.22 scrum working on def4321 lunch created PR def4321 meeting Z meeting A ... This is good enough for me although I'm still figuring out how to plan ahead better. Maybe I should write down how I expect th…

That's more or less what I did as well. But it got a bit messy at the end so I started to use EasyOrg [0] which gives some more structure so it is easier to search on and you also get a useful Agenda/Calendar view where you can plan future tasks and see old completed tasks.

[0] https://easyorgmode.com

Re: Writing down what I do in Obsidian

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Post by sva_ »

happy2code wrote: post #103

I’m using `vimwiki` for years and love it. I also tried Obsidian but I need it also mobile and I cannot define a storage path for my files. I just like the freedom, minimalism and flexibility of vimwiki.

There's a community plugin called "Remotely Save"[0], which allows you to sync your data on s3-like services. I use this with Backlaze's 10gb free plan.

It took a minute to set up but runs without any issues for me.

[0] https://github.com/remotely-save/remotely-save

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